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I was going through my email a few days go, organizing and deleting and whatnot, when I came upon this old recipe a friend had forwarded me. A chocolate cake that you can make individually and heat up in the microwave?! What! How had I never tried this before? The only explanation is that I read it, then completely forgot about it. But when I found it anew, I decided to give it a go, and let you know if it's worth trying.
5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT!
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Chocolate Mug Cake
I was going through my email a few days go, organizing and deleting and whatnot, when I came upon this old recipe a friend had forwarded me. A chocolate cake that you can make individually and heat up in the microwave?! What! How had I never tried this before? The only explanation is that I read it, then completely forgot about it. But when I found it anew, I decided to give it a go, and let you know if it's worth trying.
5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT!
This is how full my mug was. I had to use a little mini whisk to get it all mixed properly and not overflow all over the place.
After it's been microwaved, it's a little over the top.
Now, as you can see, I tried it with the chocolate chips. I don't recommend it. They just sink to the bottom and get stuck to the mug.
My verdict on this: meh. Maybe I didn't splash enough vanilla, maybe it's the fact that I used soy milk instead of regular milk, but overall it was dry and not very flavorful. I mean, what do you expect from a microwaved cake, I guess?
- Molten Chocolate Cake
Long-time readers of this blog may be thinking to themselves... hmm... this looks familiar. Or maybe not, because I didn't include pictures back then of the actual molten part of the molten chocolate cake! But, yes, back in 2011 (egads!) I did post...
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- Cake Mix Toffee Bars
Have I mentioned lately how much I love toffee? Because I lurrrve it. Didn't even know how much I liked it until I tried one of those Hershey's toffee and almond nuggets a few years ago, and then discovered that it wasn't just because those...
- Flourless Chocolate Cake
One day. One day I will make the little mini molten chocolate cakes that I have been wanting to make for a while now. But this weekend did not provide that day. This weekend had another day. A day devoted to... flourless chocolate cake. You see, I recently...
- Chocolate Sheet Cake
I had seen this cake over at The Pioneer Woman awhile ago and always wanted to try it, but I never had buttermilk, or regular milk, for that matter. Finally I decided to buy some powdered buttermilk to have around for just such occasions as recipes randomly...